Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 16301

Universal Credit: Food Banks

Tabled: 6 July 2026

Answered: 15 July 2026

Question

Mr Will Forster

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the APPG on Ending the Need for Food Banks' call for evidence into how the level of support offered by Universal Credit is decided, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

We measure whether a household has used a food bank in the past 30 days or 12 months in the Family Resources Survey. In 2024/25, 16% (1.8 million) of individuals in families on Universal Credit were in households that had used a food bank in the last 12 m...

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